Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own the School of Rock.

"YOU FUCKED UP THE BAND!" yelled Zack clearly. Everyone was hysterical; Katie, Summer, Eleni, and Marta were in tears. Leonard and Frankie was trying to pull Freddy off of Zack.

"STOP!!!" shrieked Michelle loudly, an ear-piercing shriek. Freddy stopped yelling and punching Zack. Zack stopped choking Freddy. In silence, everyone looked at Michelle. Michelle, taking a deep breath, began to speak.

"Stop all this fighting, Zack, Freddy. It was both of your guys' faults."

FLASHBACK

"Zack, Freddy, you're late! Now let's take it from the top. Hit it, Lawrence, Katie," said Dewey, but Freddy and Zack ignored him.

"YOU made ME late!" shouted Freddy. Zack scoffed.

"How did I make YOU late, Frederick Jones?!" Zack cried. Freddy rolled his eyes.

"Well, Zackary Mooneyham, for starters, YOU BORROWED MY CAR AND FORGOT TO PICK ME UP!!!" Freddy screamed. A fight (A/N: What's new?) broke out, and Dewey stopped it practically before it began.

"Boys, boys! Calm down!" shouted Dewey over the noise. Freddy and Zack calmed down and looked around. Everyone but Dewey was gone.

END FLASHBACK

Freddy and Zack looked at Michelle, then each other sheepishly.

"I guess you're right, Michelle," Zack said slowly. Freddy nodded slightly.

"I'm going up to my room," Freddy said bluntly. Zack sighed.

"I'm going up to my room, too," Zack muttered, then walked upstairs.

OOOOO

Freddy walked into his room, and plunked down at his computer. Switching it on, he signed onto his screen name: DrummerBoi23

A few minutes after signing on, an IM popped up on his screen by the name of PrettyGurl245. The conversation went like this:

PrettyGurl245: Hello.

DrummerBoi23: yo who dis?

PrettyGurl245: Sierra Heron. You are?

DrummerBoi23: dis b freddy ASL?

PrettyGurl245: I'm 23. I'm female, obviously, and I live in New York, but I'm currently in New Jersey for...business.

DrummerBoi23: im 23 2...im a male obviously 2, n i live in cali but im n new jersey as well 4 business whut r u here 4?

PrettyGurl245: I can't tell you, for confidentiality reasons.

DrummerBoi23: big words, i cant understand them

PrettyGurl245: Lol.

DrummerBoi23: lmao

The conversation went on for awhile, until Freddy told Sierra had to go. Sierra said bye, then signed off.

"Strange," He said aloud. "It feels like I know Sierra from somewhere..."

Meanwhile, Summer was switching off her computer, after signing off a screen name called PrettyGurl245...

OOOOO

Katie sighed, and doodled on a notepad. She stared out the window, and began to hum quietly.

Standing up, Katie then stretched herself across her bed. Staring at the ceiling, she thought of Freddy...

Of all the things I've believed in

I just want to get it over with

Tears form behind my eyes

But I do not cry

Counting the days that pass me by

I've been searching deep down in my soul

Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old

Feels like I'm starting all over again

The last three years were just pretend

And I said,

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold on to

I still get lost in your eyes

And it seems that I can't live a day without you

Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away

To a place where I am blinded by the light

But it's not right

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold on to

Ooh, And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time

I want what's yours and I want what's mine

I want you

But I'm not giving in this time

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold on to

Goodbye to you

Goodbye to everything I thought I knew

You were the one I loved

The one thing that I tried to hold on to

The one thing that I tried to hold on to....

The one thing that I tried to hold on to....

The one thing that I tried to hold on to....

And when the stars fall

I will lie awake

You're my shooting star

(Goodbye to You – Michelle Branch. I do not own.)

"Katie, I'll love you forever..." kept flashing in her mind. She missed Freddy. Well, yeah, he was in the house. But she missed their midnight walks in the moonlight, their romantic dinners one a month, and their occasional kisses every five minutes.

"Oh, Freddy, I miss you..." Katie sighed, and changed and went to bed.

OOOOO

Eleni walked down the staircase and into the kitchen around 2 in the morning. Flicking on the light switch, she yelped when she saw someone at the table, head in hands.

It was Zack.

"Zack?" Eleni asked softly. Zack turned. His eyes were red and the phone was beside him.

"What?" he snapped in reply. Eleni looked taken aback; Zack never snapped.

"I-I got a phone call," Zack blurted. Eleni cocked an eyebrow. "And what was the call about?"

"M-my wife, Taryn..." Zack choked on a sob. Clearing his throat, he tried to continue.

"S-s-she was d-driving in her car when she..." Zack's voice trailed off.

"Wrecked?" Eleni supplied gently. Zack glared at her as he shed a couple tears.

"No. S-she was pulled over by a cop car...and it turned out that...it..." Zack held back a sob. "Was a group of wanted fugitives who...who raped girls..." Zack said sadly.

"So she was raped?" Eleni said. Zack nodded miserably.

"And you know what the worst part is? She was a virgin. She was saving herself. Until our 6-month anniversary. But...those..." Zack burst into a fresh set of tears.

"A-a-a-a-and sh-she m-m-m-m-might b-be p-p-p-p-pregnant," Zack stuttered.

"Oh, no, Zack," Eleni murmured softly.

The phone rang then, scaring the both of them. Eleni answered on first ring.

"Hello?" Eleni said quietly. "Yes...yes, he's here...no, he doesn't feel like talking...yes...yes, I know about what happened...there's more?" Zack looked up in alarm.

"Yes...they did?" Eleni gulped. "Well...yes...that's really terrible." Eleni looked up at Zack with tears in her eyes. "Yes...I'll tell him...thanks...good-bye..." Eleni hung up.

"Well, what'd they say?" Zack looked at her with fear and hope in her eyes.

"Zack...she's dead...they killed her when she went home. They followed her and murdered her after she entered the house..." Eleni's voice wavered as she watched Zack began to sob heavily.

"What should I do?" he asked faintly. Eleni looked at him, a look of sympathy.

"Go to bed. There isn't much you can do about it," Eleni replied softly. Zack stood up, and walked out of the kitchen, Eleni following him, flicking the lights off in the process.

OOOOO

Around 6'o clock in the morning, Marta awoke with a fresh start. She sat up in bed, stretching her arms, and yawning. She turned, slid her feet into a pair of perfectly white slippers, then she stood.

Walking into the private bathroom she had, she opened the medicine cabinet and a letter fell out.

"SHOW THIS TO EVERYONE. MEET IN THE YARD OUT BACK. WILL BE EXPLAINED THERE. HINT: ONLY ONE WILL WIN."

"Huh..." Marta mused. She folded it, put it on the back of her toilet, and took a shower. When she finished, she got out and instantly put on a white shirt and a pair of jeans. She walked out to see everyone but Zack and Eleni eating breakfast.

"Hey, everyone, I got a note, for something," Marta said. Everyone looked at her. She read it aloud.

"Hum. But not everyone's up," Marco pointed out, wheeling to the fridge and pulling out a big box of donuts. He kept it on his lap as he opened it and took one out.

"I'll go wake Zack and Eleni," Summer volunteered. She stood and ran up the stairs, banging on Eleni and Zack's doors.

"Get up!" sang Summer in a scratchy voice, making the people downstairs burst into laughter.

"What?" called Eleni through the door.

"Wake up!" Eleni groaned loudly. She dragged herself out the door. Her eyes were red.

"Rough night?" Summer asked. Eleni nodded, slightly miserable.

Zack then dragged himself out of his room.

"Oh, my, God!" gasped Summer. Zack's hair was messy, his eyes were redder then Eleni's, and his face was tearstained.

"What happened?" Summer rushed to him. Zack just looked at her, then pushed by her. He walked to Eleni, and hugged her tightly.

Eleni, surprised, hugged him back. "Thanks," Zack whispered in her ear, then kissed her cheek. Then he dragged himself downstairs, surprising everyone downstairs.

OOOOO

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Zack!" "I didn't realize..." "You have my sympathies." Those rang through Zack's ears. He painfully shrugged them away, and took an apple from a basket, and bit harshly into it. He walked into the living room, still biting it.

Sitting alone in the living room, while everyone else was showering, he thought of Eleni.

"Eleni..." he thought. "She helped me calm down a little." Smiling slightly, he bit his apple again. Then he finished it, threw the core away, and walked upstairs, to take a shower.

When he finished, he looked...normal. His hair was neatly combed, his eyes weren't red, only his left eye, from getting shampoo in it, and his face wasn't tearstained. He dressed in a faded blue t-shirt, and a pair of blue jeans. He pulled some socks on and some red sneakers.

When he walked out of his room, he ran into Eleni, who wore a white tank top and a blue jeans skirt. Her not-so-bleached hair was combed, and pulled into a ponytail. She looked normal, too.

"Feeling better?" Eleni asked. Zack nodded.

"In a way...I didn't..." His voice trailed off.

"I understand," Eleni said, even though she didn't.

"In a way...I kinda knew this could happen. She is...was, I should say, really pretty. She had blonde hair to her shoulders...these incredible creamy blue eyes...and she was tiny, fragile, and a really great kisser..." Zack could almost feel her soft, gentle kisses planted all over his face and mouth...

"So you aren't as sad as you should be?" Eleni said softly. Zack nodded.

"I am sad, but I'm not like, oh, my, God, my wife was raped and killed. Stop the world so I can mourn," Zack replied. "The way her body and looks were arranged on her...it was kinda practically screaming, COME TO ME. That's what attracted me to her...she looked perfect...she was perfect..." Zack finished with a small grin.

"Well, we can continue this later. We have to go meet the others in the back." Eleni took Zack's muscular arm and led him outside.

OOOOO

The duo walked out of the house, and quickly read the directions posted on the porch column. Then they walked to their designated color podiums. Then a TV planted in the middle of the backyard flashed on.

"Hey, guys!" It was Dewey.

"Hey, Dewey," Everyone replied in unison.

"Alright, here's the game ya gotta do. See the buttons? Press those. But not yet! Here's some more stuff. On your podium, there is a sheet of paper. It has all your names. But that's for some other mission. Under your podium top, there should be a shelf, with a box. Pull that out, WHEN I SAY GO, and open it. There should be some tools or something in there. Then there is 15 blocks with a star in there. A clear block. Well, you have to crack it open to get the star. First person to get the star has Power of Veto, will grab the star and press the button. Ready? GO!"

Hurriedly, everyone grabbed the boxes under their podium, and opened them. Summer, thinking quickly, grabbed the hammer and ran over. She began clanking on the block.

Freddy just grabbed the box and began hitting the block with every tool he had.

Eleni grabbed the steak knife and began cutting the block.

Zack grabbed the small hammer and large nail and began to crack the block open.

Everyone else developed a plan and began clanked or nailing away.

"Almost there," thought Summer, grinning. She clunked the block open, just as Marta did as well. They both grabbed the stars and ran towards their podiums.

At the same exact time, Marta and Summer buzzed their buttons.

"TIE!" shouted Dewey from the TV. Everyone else that was clanking away stopped.

"It's a death match. Marta, Summer, go to the podiums that are black and have skulls on them." The girls obliged.

"Alright, I'll ask you questions about our band and stuff," Dewey said. "Okay...when you guys were 10, and we were in the Battle of the Bands, which band won?"

Marta buzzed immediately. "Us."

"Wrong. Summer, do you know? If you do, you automatically get it." Summer held up a finger, deep in thought.

"Okay...what was that band's name...Not Verified...No Venturing...No Vacant...No Vacancy!" "No Vacancy!" shouted Summer. Dewey grinned.

"Yes! You win PoV!" cried Dewey. A box came up through the podium and the necklace with the star was in there. Summer picked it up and put it on.

"Thanks," Summer said shyly. Then they all went inside.

A/N: How'd you like that? :D R&R!